McConnell rebukes Trump on Russia, endorses hacking investigation
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Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today broke with Donald Trump, and called for a Senate investigation into Russian interference in the election.
McConnell went out of his way to explicitly defend the CIA, and its agents.
This is seen by many as a direct rebuke of Trump from the top Republican in the Senate. Trump has repeatedly demeaned the CIA, including this morning when Trump suggested that the CIA was part of a partisan conspiracy to undermine his presidency.
Republicans have apparently had enough.
This is an interesting development. I’ve been saying for a while that the key to taking Trump down is the GOP Congress. Republicans in Congress don’t like Trump. And they were willing to throw Trump overboard when his polls were slumping to such a degree that it hurt their re-election chances. All Democrats have to do, and it’s not a small task, is hurt Trump in the polls to the degree that it again worries Republicans about their survival. Then they’ll drop Crazy Trump like a Russian spud.
And that already seems to be happening, with McConnell now joining McCain, Rubio and Graham in expressing concern about Russia hacking the election; and endorsing the Senate’s own investigation
SOURCE: http://americablog.com/2016/12/mcconnel-rebukes-trump-russia-endorses-hacking-investigation.html
HERE IS AN ADDITIONAL VIDEO FROM REUTERS:
http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/12/12/mcconnell-takes-on-trump-after-attacks-o?videoId=370703027
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